Triangulation Applied to the Intra-European Union Tomato Market

Table 6

Trade flows.

	Country 1	Country 2	Country n	XI	ID=C + XE	DT = XE + XI + C
Country 1	M11	M12	M1n	X1	ID1	DT1
Country 2	M21	M22	M2n	X2	ID2	DT2
Country n	Mn1	Mn2	Mnn	Xn	IDn	DTn
II	II1	II2	IIn
IE	IE2	IE2	IEn
P	P1	P2	Pn
C	C1	C2	Cn

ID = intermediate demand; II_i = imports from other EU countries (intra-EU) to country “ i;” IE_i = imports from countries outside the EU to country “i;” XI_i = exports to other EU countries from country “i;” XE_i = exports to countries outside the EU from country “i;” P_i = production of country “i;” C_i = apparent consumption of country “i;” C_i = P_i − XI_i − XE_i + II_i + IE_i.